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...others of his own comic invention. With gifts too wide-ranging to be contained in one art form, he wrote hit plays (Romanoff and Juliet) and books of nonfiction and short stories. He could be an excellent film director (Billy Budd) and a serious Shakespearean (King Lear at Stratford, Ont.). He won Supporting Actor Oscars for Spartacus and Topkapi, and earned his greatest movie renown as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, as in the film of Death on the Nile. His spirit was essentially impish (as on a comedy album for which he provided all the voices and sound effects...
...character roles. When he tried to escape what his early mentor John Gielgud tactlessly called "those funny little men you do so well" by playing Hamlet and Macbeth, he flopped. He scored as the schemers and observers on life's periphery; from the Fool to Laurence Olivier's King Lear, to an unforgettable gallery of cinematic disguises. There were the Ealing Studio roles (most famously as eight members of one family in 1949's Kind Hearts and Coronets) and the impotent men of responsibility in David Lean's epics. In 1962's Lawrence of Arabia, Guinness's sly Prince Feisal...
...Cincinnati, Ohio; Marquis Jet Partners of New York City; Sentient Private Jet Membership of Norwell, Mass.; and Bombardier Skyjet, based in Fairfax, Va. Through Delta's AirElite service, which launched in February, customers pay a minimum of, say, $144,500 for 25 flying hours in a six-passenger Lear 60 business jet--and get frequent-flyer miles on Delta. These providers tend to specialize in travel within the U.S.--though if you want to go to London, some operators, such as Delta AirElite, can get you there too, on a larger private craft. These companies ooze discretion, and while they...
...Uijeongbu World Music Theater Festival [May 1-25] Theater buffs can get their fix of Shakespeare, musicals and traditional Korean performances all in one place at this annual event. Highlights include King Lear by Taiwan's Contemporary Legend Theater. Call the Uijeongbu Arts Center...
Carson spent publication day in her home in Silver Spring, Md., preparing for speeches and a book tour, according to biographer Linda Lear. In a letter to a friend, Carson called Silent Spring "something I believed in so deeply that there was no other course; nothing that ever happened made me even consider turning back." When the book appeared, industry critics assailed "the hysterical woman," but it became an instant best seller with lasting impact. It spurred the banning of DDT in the U.S., the passage of major environmental laws and eventually a global treaty to phase out 12 pesticides...